Mahienour el-Massry was arrested as soon as she left the state security prosecutor's headquarters in the capital, Cairo, where she acted as the lawyer for several people detained during the demonstrations, her lawyer Tarek al-Awadi said. Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets in Cairo and several other cities across the country on Friday to call...
Mahienour el-Massry was arrested as soon as she left the state security prosecutor's headquarters in the capital, Cairo, where she acted as the lawyer for several people detained during the demonstrations, her lawyer Tarek al-Awadi said.
Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets in Cairo and several other cities across the country on Friday to call for el-Sisi's departure.
According to the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights, 365 people have since been arrested.
El-Massry, a political activist and human rights defender, has been tried and jailed twice for taking part in protests.
In December 2013, following the army's overthrow of the late President Mohamed Morsi following mass protests, she was arrested and imprisoned until September 2014 on charges of participating in a demonstration without a permit.
While in prison, el-Massry received the Ludovic Trarieux Award, an international prize given annually to a lawyer for contributions to human rights.
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